renrich
Chief Master Sergeant
Not to hijack the thread but yes I am still mad about the War of Northern Aggression. It was a big mistake all around. Slavery was going away of it's own accord eventually and wasn't the primary cause of the war anyway. The US just lost it's genius for compromise. If Lincoln had ordered evacuation of Fort Sumter instead of trying to resupply it, Beauregard would not have fired on the fort and a compromise was still not beyond reach. Our big mistake(Texas) was in joining the Union in the first place. We should have stayed a Republic with all our lands in what is now N. Mexico, Colorado, etc. We could be a member of OPEC and still have the Texas Navy. We would probably have California and Arizona as part of us also although I don't know if I would want Calif.